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LOT 0333
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Quartzite Handaxe
PALAEOLITHIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1,000,000-500,000 B.P.
10 3/8 in. (1.5 kg, 26.5 cm).
Lentoid in section and leaf-shaped in profile with old collector's label 'Zentral Sahara'; point absent.
Provenance
From the central Saharan area.
Ex old German collection formed in the 1970s.
Purchased on the European art market.
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LOT 0333
Very Large African Stone Age Homo Erectus Knapped Quartzite Handaxe
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
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